Aaron Rodgers' golf swing gets deconstructed by CBS' Peter Kostis

Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers was among the celebrity amateurs who had their golf swings were analyzed during the third-round of the CBS telecast of the AT&T National Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

In this case, Rodgers and tennis star Andy Roddick (left), who was in Rodgers’ foursome, sat in a tent near No. 17 tee with Clint Eastwood, Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo as they had their swings examined by Peter Kostis of CBS and as a national television audience watched those swings on tape.

As with a number of the amateurs whose swings he commented on, Kostis urged Rodgers to cock his hands earlier in his backswing.

“He gets a lot of his hand action above his shoulders,” Kostis said. “That’s where he begins to cock the hands a lot at the top. Then as he starts back down, he’s going to uncock the hands again early. He’s trying to be a little bit more patient with his hand action. I think if he could start his wrist cock just a little bit earlier in the backswing, he’d be able to keep it just a little bit longer into the downswing. It will help him a lot when his ankle heals and his knee is better so he can use his lower body to support his upper body. Admittedly, he is playing hurt right now.”

Faldo then gave both Rodgers and Roddick his own set of tips.

“That’s a lot of information before playing (No.) 18, I got to tell you,” Roddick said. “I got to be honest with you.”

Nantz said: “You didn’t need it, did you?”

Roddick responded: “I need it, maybe just not right now.”

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